Archaeology Notes

Event ID 699702

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NS24SW 32 centred 2353 4242

Erected burgh of barony in 1846.

G S Pryde 1965.

(Location cited as NS 23 42). Ardrossan, the town. Laid out in 1806, Peter Nicholson, architect, for the Earl of Eglinton. Much remains of the original town, built in connection with the dock development (NS24SW 36), including rows of 2-storey dwelling houses and the Eglinton Arms hotel (NS24SW 27), with stables at the rear. Along the South Bay are villas built to create a 'select watering-place', also by Eglinton.

J R Hume 1976.